---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 C.F.R. § 12.103"
title: "46"
number: "12.103"
heading: "Incorporation by reference."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/46/12.103"
---

# §12.103. Incorporation by reference.

- (a) Certain material is incorporated by reference into this part with the approval of the Director of the Federal Register under 5 U.S.C. [552(a)](/usc/5/552.md?p=a) and [1](/usc/5/1.md) CFR [part 51](/cfr/46/part51.md). All approved incorporation by reference material (IBR) is available for inspection at the Coast Guard and the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA). Contact Coast Guard at: Office of Merchant Mariner Credentialing (CG-MMC), U.S. Coast Guard, Stop 7509, 2703 Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20593-7509; phone: 202-372-1492; website: https://www.dco.uscg.mil/nmc/merchant_mariner_credential/. For information on the availability of this material at NARA, visit www.archives.gov/federal-register/cfr/ibr-locations or email fr.inspection@nara.gov. The material may be obtained from:
- (b) **International Maritime Organization (IMO), 4 Albert Embankment, London SE1 7SR, England; phone—** +44 (0)20 7735 7611; website: www.imo.org.
  - (1) The Seafarers' Training, Certification and Watchkeeping Code, as amended, 2011 (the STCW Code), incorporation by reference approved for §§ [12.601](/cfr/46/12.601.md), [12.602](/cfr/46/12.602.md), [12.603](/cfr/46/12.603.md), [12.605](/cfr/46/12.605.md), [12.607](/cfr/46/12.607.md), [12.609](/cfr/46/12.609.md), [12.611](/cfr/46/12.611.md), [12.613](/cfr/46/12.613.md), [12.615](/cfr/46/12.615.md), [12.617](/cfr/46/12.617.md), [12.619](/cfr/46/12.619.md), [12.621](/cfr/46/12.621.md), [12.623](/cfr/46/12.623.md), [12.811](/cfr/46/12.811.md), and [12.905](/cfr/46/12.905.md).
  - (2) [Reserved]

## Notes

### Amendments

[USCG-2004-17914, 78 FR 77975, Dec. 24, 2013, as amended by USCG-2016-0315, 81 FR 43955, July 6, 2016; USCG-2021-0097, 89 FR 93099, Nov. 25, 2024]

### Authority

Authority: 31 U.S.C. 9701; 46 U.S.C. 2101, 2103, 2110, 7301, 7302, 7503, 7505, 7701, and 70105; DHS Delegation No. 00170.1, Revision No. 01.4.

### Source

Source: USCG-2004-17914, 78 FR 77975, Dec. 24, 2013, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[USCG-2004-17914, 78 FR 77975, Dec. 24, 2013, as amended by USCG-2016-0315, 81 FR 43955, July 6, 2016; USCG-2021-0097, 89 FR 93099, Nov. 25, 2024]